Planning
Level of engagement: Planning
| Have you considered the following? |
Action plan |
Resources required |
| What does your local authority sufficiency audit say? |
Consider how your children's centre can fill gaps in provision.
Don't forget that network childminder can offer:
- quality early education
- care for vulnerable and disadvantaged families
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| What does your LA
children and young people's plan say? |
Identify what is expected of your children's centre regarding
childminding. How do you plan to showcase what you do? |
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| What does your centre's business plan say? |
Does your business plan include specific reference to
childminding? If not, how could you incorporate this? |
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| What do the families you want to work with want? |
Consider an annual parent/user survey.
Think about the demographic of families/users in your area? How
could childminders support them?
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| What can you afford to do? |
Childminding can help stretch a limited budget.
Because childminders are self-employed and work in their
own homes, you need not make an initial capital investment or build
extended premises. |
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| Who are the partners you could work with? |
Consider linking with other community partners, e.g. social
services, CPS,
NHS etc to offer
enhanced childminding rates required when providing bespoke care
through a childminding network. |
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| What support and training can you offer to childminders and
other providers? |
Have you considered:
- an available room for drop-ins and meetings
- toy library
- access to early years teacher and other professionals
- administration facilities (e.g. photocopier)
- transparent cost structure
- out-of-hours rooms for training or wrap-around care
- access to sensory and other specialised equipment
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